2026 is shaping up to be a promising year for Japanese cinema. With a healthy mix of sequels, blockbusters and live-action ...

This week, I awarded four stars, which is the highest rating a restaurant can receive from the New York Times, to Yamada, a tiny kaiseki counter in Chinatown. Four stars is so rare — I had to be ...

The ever-changing menu at this unshowy restaurant in Chinatown exemplifies the subtle art of the most rarefied form of Japanese cooking. The chef Isao Yamada in the Chinatown kaiseki restaurant that ...

The directors, two generations of Japanese filmmaking excellence, delivered a wide-ranging, humorous discussion on their approach and each other. By Gavin J Blair Two generational talents of Japanese ...

With 91 films over 64 years — including the beloved 'Tora-san' series and Oscar-nominated 'The Twilight Samurai' — Yamada will be celebrated for his tireless contributions to Japan's cinematic ...

The Tokyo International Film Festival has revealed that veteran Japanese director Yamada Yoji will receive the Lifetime Achievement Award at its 38th edition, recognizing a career spanning more than ...

The Tokyo Film Festival will present a Lifetime Achievement Award to veteran Japanese director Yoji Yamada. Yamada’s latest work Tokyo Taxi, based on the 2023 French film Driving Madeleine, has been ...

The Bold and the Beautiful star Lisa Yamada (Luna) made history at the 52nd annual Daytime Emmy Awards. On a night when the CBS soap wasn’t heavily nominated, the talented actress took home her first ...

In Others: A Story for All of Us, a forthcoming picture book by Kobi Yamada and Charles Santoso, two children speculate about the individuals who live opposite them, behind a lofty, impenetrable green ...

This call is being recorded on Wednesday, August 6, 2025. And I would now like to turn the over to Mr. Chet Holyoak. Thank you. Please go ahead. Thank you, Ina, and good morning to everyone. On behalf ...